Formality and Informality in Business – Getting the balance right!

By David Reilly, Founder and Commercial Director of Create Ts and Cs                           17/04/2010 As a business owner, getting paid for the work I do is an important part of building or growing the business .  We all know cashflow is ‘king’. With that in mind, let me establish context for the following;  this blog was inspired by …

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Firms Urged to Impose Penalties for Late Payments

by EasyEditor Newswire   Contracts between firms which include late payment clauses need to become a common feature of everyday business practice, claim legal experts ahead of an EU update of a directive aimed at tackling business failures. On average, the majority of small and medium firms have to wait at least 41 days longer …

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Contractor and IR35 myths debunked

As you head to work on a Monday morning do you ever stop to think how many of these people rushing past actually work for themselves?  Recent ONS figures show that over 730,000 people are self-employed, the highest figures since records began 40 years ago. Since the economic crash in 2008 people have jumped at …

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Ebola Clauses – where do you stand?

As Ebola continues to spread, over 13,000 people have now contracted the deadly disease. Major airports are operating Ebola screenings for arrivals from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, but as of yet no shipping ports have followed suit. The International Maritime Organisation has ordered that all ports are to remain open to allow trading to …

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